Curtain and shade bracket.



APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, |916.

C. R. WALKER.

CURTAIN AND SHADE BRACKET.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

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C. R. WALKER.

CURTAINAND SHADE BRACKET.

APPL|cAT|oN- FILED MAY 29, |916.

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CURTAIN AND SHADE BRACKET.

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Application filed May 29, 1916. Serial No. 100,537.

` To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES. R. ALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at l/Vaco, in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, haveinvented certain useful 1mprovements in Curtain and Shade Brackets, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain and shade brackets,one object of the invention being the provision of a device of thischaracter which is readily secured to the window frame without marringthe same and which is provided with adjustable means for attaching theshade and also for attaching the curtain pole, whereby from a singlefixture the window shade and curtain may be suspended.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which is simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, andwhich is thoroughly efficient and practical in use.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan View showing the windowequipped with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail plan view of one of the xtures. per se.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 11 is a View similar to Fig. 2 of the opposite member.

' Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are detail views of various parts.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 10 and 11 designate the twomembers, each of which is identical and comprises the substantiallyUshaped supporting member 12 having the eye 13 formed at the connectingportion thereof, there being disposed for sliding movement upon the samethe two window frame engaging members 14C and 15.

Each'one of these members is made from a single strand of wire and isbent to provide the central loop 16 for receiving the longitudinallydisposed rod 17 which in turn is also mounted in the eye 13. The loops18 which are provided upon the respective members 111 and 15 slidablyengage the long terminals of the U-shaped member and have the inwardlyprojecting parallel hooked terminals 19 for engagement with the windowframe 20.

The rod 17 is provided with the screw threaded end 21 for the receptionof the thumb nut 22, which provides a means for adjusting the member 15relative to the member 14, and to cause it to clamp the hooked terminalsastride of the window frame to hold the present fixture in placethereon.

Mounted for sliding movement upon the long terminals of the Ll-shapedmember are the sleeves 23 of the curtain pole bracket 24, while alsomounted for sliding movement upon said long' terminals fare lthe sleeves25 of the plate 26 which is provided with the` respective shade brackets27 or 28.

Carried by the plate 26 is a hooked clamping member which is adapted toembrace the rod 17, and by means of the thumb nut 29 be gripped thereonto lock the shade bracket from longitudinal movement.

1t will be noted that the threaded rods 17 provide means for holding theclamping elements upon the body member 12, and also provide means forclamping the elements against the opposite sides of the window casing.

The formation of the body members 12 from lengths of wire which are bentsubstantially U-shaped, provide relatively light body members having`opposed substantially parallel sides forming run-ways for the clampingelementsand also for the curtain pole and shade supporting brackets.

What 1 claim as new is In a device of the kind described comprising aU-shaped member, said member having two long parallel arms and a crossrod, a diagonally disposed central eye formed on said cross rod,`a rodof substantial length to the parallel arms of said U-shaped memberpassed through said di agonally disposed eye and having a head adaptedto engage the same, a pair of members each similar in formandconstructed of wire, each of said members consisting of an arm havingterminal eyes through which the arms of said member extend and anintermediate eye disposed diagonally of the arm through which said rodextends, the

of said last-named members When the latter engages the stile in order todraw the head of the rod zigainst the intermediate eye of 10 saidirst-named member.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

outer end of said rod being screw-threaded, hooked terminals carried bythe opposite ends of each member and adapted to engage opposite Sides ofone stile of :L Window frame and a jam nut threadediy engaging thethreaded portion of said rod and adapted to bear against theintermediate eye of one CHARLES R. WALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents Veoh, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

